Sci-Fi Storm

djryan writes “Marvel Comics is expected to announce an exclusive deal with J. Michael Straczynski on Wednesday. Rumours have it that JMS will be writing a new ongoing Spiderman title later in the year with John Romita Jr.” There is also talk of a Kevin Smith deal, where the director/writer will take over Amazing Spider-Man when JMS moves to his own title.

Disney/Pixar have announced their upcoming films for the next three years: Finding Nemo, released in 2003, about father and son fish who get separated; The Incredibles, 2004, about a family of superheroes; and Cars, 2005, about a variety of autos travelling on Route 66.

This year’s Hugo Award nominees list is out, and voting will be at ConJose at the end of August. Read More for the list.

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Just a reminder – this Friday (4/19), Jeremiah will air 15 minutes early (10:30PM EDT) and there will be no Stargate SG-1 episode. Both will resume normal schedule next week.

djryan writes “After what seems like an interminable wait, the latest issue of Rising Stars (Number 18) is out.

Amazing Spiderman #40 and Midnight Nation #11 are listed as going on sale on April 24th, though this could slip if past experience is anything to go by.”

merigold writes “Science fiction writer and critic Damon Knight died at age 79. His obituary in the New York Times and another one from Nando.”

A lot of speculation and blame has gone around regarding the apparent decision of the SCI FI Channel not to pick up Legend of the Rangers as a series. Well here are the facts we know, as well as some opinions, on what happened. Hint: don’t blame it all on SCI FI Channel.

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This is popping up all over the place…I’d have reported it sooner if I wasn’t seeing Wayne Brady (Who’s Line Is It Anyway?) live last night. But anyways, Warner Bros. has optioned a live-version of the cult-fave manga comic Akira, about the post-nuclear war Neo-Tokyo and a secret science experiment that results in the greatest threat to the city. Stephen Norrington is assigned to write and direct, but don’t expect it anytime soon – Norrington is busy on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Update 4/15: There was a request for where it was said that it was live-action and not another anime. Coming Attractions is one place, citing The Hollywood Reporter.

As part of Free Comic Book Day, where on Saturday, May 4th you can pick up a free comic from your local comic dealer, the SCI FI Channel is producing postcards promoting the upcoming Farscape and Stargate SG-1 featuring art from famed comic artist Neal Adams.

UPN has officially cancelled the teen-alien show Roswell. It avoided the fate twice, first from a letter-writing campaign, and then again by jumping from WB to UPN, but alas htye mediocre ratings were not enough.